Clothes hanger



April 21, 1953 J, sKo 2,635,794

CLOTHES HANGER Filed Sept. 14, 1949 VI/ I 7 INVENTOR. Jame/v ins/goPatented Apr. 21, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE a l CLOTHES HANGERJulian Lisko, Warren, Ohio Application September 14, 1949, Serial No.115,751

My invention relates to clothes hangers and the principal object of myinvention is to provide new and improved clothes hangers.

Prior clothes hangers have been largely made either of wood or of wire.The wooden clothes hangers are expensive and do not provide theflexibility of wire clothes hangers although from a standpoint of asuitable support for clothing the wooden clothes hangers are superior towire hangers. On the other hand, although the wire clothes hangers arerelatively inexpensive to manufacture and provide suitable flexibility,such hangers are not very desirable since the relatively thin wire formsa crease in a garment which is left to hang over the transverse bar ofthe hanger for any length of time.

It is the practice of individuals, tailors, cleaners and the like todrape a pair of trousers over the transverse bar and drape the coat overthe diverging arms so as to save space and effect economy in clothessupport. In case of a wire hanger, if the trousers are left draped overthe transverse bar for any length of time, a crease will formtransversely of the trouser legs, and this is decidedly objectionablesince it requires subsequent pressing.

My invention provides a clothes hanger having a transverse bar overwhich trousers or other garments may be draped for any length of timewithout formation of the objectionable crease. Further, my hangercombines the desirable features of the wooden and wire hangers withoutincluding any objectionable features of either. Also, my invention makesit possible for an individual who has a considerable quantity of wirehangers on hand to easily alter such hangers for use in my improvedconstruction.

In the drawing accompanying this specification and forming a part ofthis application, there is shown, for purposes of illustration, anembodiment which my invention may assume, and in this drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a clothes hanger illustrating anembodiment of my invention, and fragmentarily showing a pair of trousersdraped over the transverse bar,

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary end view of the embodiment shown inFigure 1,

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view corresponding generally to theline 3-3 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is an enlarged transverse sectional view correspondinggenerally to the line 4-4 of Figure 1,

Figure 5 is a broken perspective view of a bar forming part of myinvention, and

1 Claim. (01. 22388) 2 Figure 6 is a small scale view illustratingmanner in which a conventional wire hanger may be altered for use in theconstruction of my invention.

Generally, my invention, provides a clothes hanger comprising supportmeans for clothing and means adapted to be hung from a support, havingreleasable connection with the support means.

More specifically, and with particular reference to the embodimentherein shown to disclose my invention, the support means comprises a barit and the means adapted to be hung from a support comprises a coathanger II.

The coat hanger H is herein shown as somewhat similar to a conventionalwire hanger, and accordingly is formed with a hook portion I2 adapted toengage a support (not shown). Arms 13 extend from the hook portion 12 inrelative diverging relationship, each arm l3 having a retrovertedportion [4 terminating in a. spindle [5.

Figure 6 shows a manner in which a hanger ll may be easily formed from aconventional wire hanger, and referring to this figure it will be notedthat the transverse bar is cut away as shown by dotted lines It) to thusprovide the spindles IS.

The support means Ill, as herein shown, comprises a bar I! formed of anysuitable material (wood being shown in the embodiment disclosed) andbeing preferably round in cross-section and of a cross-sectional sizeconsiderably greater than the cross-sectional size of the wire formingthe hanger ll, so as to avoid the possibility of forming a crease inclothing (such as trousers) which may be draped thereover.

In the present embodiment, the bar I! has a recess 18 extending inwardlyfrom each end, each recess l8 being of a cross-sectional size to freelyreceive a spindle l5. The bar ll also has a slot [9 at each end, and asherein disclosed, the recesses 18 are preferably located axially of thebar I! and the slots l9 intersect at least a portion of a respectiverecess and thus extend diametrically of the bar. Each of the slots [9 isof a width to freely receive at least a part of the retroverted portion[4 of the hanger H.

The bar H is preferably of sufficient length so that the arms l3 must besprung apart a certain amount in order to fit the spindles l5 withinrespective recesses I8, the resiliency of the arms causing them toassume positions wherein the spindles l5 are firmly but releasablyretained within respective recesses and wherein at least a part of theretroverted portions II are seated within respective slots I9 to holdthe bar I! against rotation on the spindles l5. To disassemble thehanger, for storage or transportation purposes, it is merely necessaryto spring apart the arms l3 so as to remove the spindles l5 from therecesses 18.

In view of the foregoing, it will be apparent to those skilled in theart that I have accomplished at least the principal object ofnmyinventionfand it also will be apparent to those skilled in the art thatthe embodiment herein described may be variously changed and modified,without departing from the spirit of the invention, and that theinvention is capable of uses and has advantages not herein specificallyW described; hence it will beappreciated thatthe herein disclosedembodiment is illustrative only, and that my invention is not limitedthereto.

I claim:

In combination: a coat hanger formed of wire and'comprising. ahookportion and a pair of arms diverging from said hook portion, each armterminating in a retroverted portion providing an inwardlydirectedspindle; and-altar of greater cross-sectional size than thecross-section of the wire forming said coat hanger, said bar having arecess extending inwardly from each end and of a size to snugly receivea respective spindle, and said bar also having a transverse slot at eachend intersecting a respective recess, each slot extending entirelycross-wise of the respective end of said bar and being of substantiallyuniform width and depth throughout its cross-wise; extent to snuglyreceive a respective retrovert'ed portion, said bar being of a length sothat said arms must be sprung apart to provide for entrance of saidspindles in the respective recesses, and said retroverted portion ofeach arm 'fitting within a respective slot for holding said bar'againstrotation on said spindles.

JULIAN LISKO.

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